Filipašić families are Croats and they are mostly from Ludbreg area. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Ludbreg area and in Varazdin. In Pihovec in Ludbreg area every second inhabitant had the family name Filipašić.
Prevalence
About 150 people with faimily name Filipašić live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 240 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number decreased by 30 percent. They are located in 10 Croatian counties, in 12 cities and 24 other places, mostly in Jalzabet in Ludbreg area (20), Varazdin (15), Krizevci (15), and in Pihovec (15) and Imbriovec Jalzabetski (15) in Ludbreg area.
Outside Croatia
At least two families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States. Family name Filipašić is present in two countries on two continents. The family name "Filipasic " is used by small number of people in the United States.
In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned over ten times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.